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Request to withdraw the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2020 from public domain

Thu, 02/04/2020 - 14:34
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The Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification 2020, was uploaded in the MoEFCC Website on March 12, 2020, with a view to receive public comments within 60 days. In this letter CAG requests the MoEFCC to withdraw the draft from public domain in light of the country-wide lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid 19.

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Letter to Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption and Chief Secretary (GoTN) citing irregularities in appointment of Member Secretary, TNPCB

Tue, 10/03/2020 - 14:55
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The file contains the letter to Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption and Chief Secretary (GoTN) about irregularities and suspected “match-fixing” in appointment of Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board. The letter requests apex bodies to strike down this notification, and issue a fresh notification excluding the problematic criteria.

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Letter to Finance Department: to not give guarantees for funding thermal and hydro power plants in pipeline

Thu, 13/02/2020 - 17:18
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TANGEDCO has requested the Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation, for funding thermal power projects of a combined capacity up to 5,300 MW, and hydro power projects to the tune of 500 MW. To fund these projects, both funding organisations have asked for guarantees from Government of Tamil Nadu.

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Letter requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities list

Fri, 29/11/2019 - 21:48
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Letter to NGT requesting inclusion of Chennai in National Clean Air Programme non-attainment cities. Chennai is the only major polluted city and one of the 12 cities with a population of more than a million to be left out of the non-attainment cities list. Not being on this list leaves Chennai out of the national discourse on air pollution and its mitigation.

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CAG’s appeal to TANGEDCO for decarbonised energy security

Thu, 10/10/2019 - 16:58
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In this letter to TANGEDCO, CAG appeals to move to decarbonised energy plan for Tamil Nadu. Plan for realistic growth in electricity demand. Improve performance of existing coal plants instead of building new plants.
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Comments on Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy

Wed, 04/09/2019 - 10:35
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The draft National Resource Efficiency Policy was published by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in July 2019 with the aim to promote sustainable and efficient use of our natural resources. However, the Policy and the Action Plan it envisages for its implementation, raise several questions on its intent and efficacy to adequately address the issue.

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Letter to the Expert Appraisal Committee - Thermal Power, recommending a site visit to the Ennore Thermal Power Station - Expansion Project

Mon, 29/07/2019 - 16:19
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This is the letter to the Expert Appraisal Committee - Thermal Power recommending a site visit to the Ennore Thermal Power Station - Expansion Project, about possible violations of its directive to TANGEDCO to refrain from any construction work after the expiry of Environmental Clearance for the project.

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Comments on the proposed amendment to EC of ITPCL, Cuddalore

Fri, 26/10/2018 - 10:58
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IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Limited (ITPCL), which runs a 1200 MW coal-based power plant in Cuddalore, is seeking to amend its Environmental Clearance (issued in May 2010), to change the nat

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